Heart of Virginia Festival - 2002: The Children's Festival

Lawn of Jarman Auditorium, 10 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

The Children's Festival welcomes a wide variety of entertainment and lots of exciting educational activities on Jarman lawn. This year we are thrilled to bring back Magician Walter Glod as well as the musical duo Cody & BJ. Walter Glod's magical act promises (and delivers) entertainment with lots of giggles and amazement! This year he has added "Merlin the Magnificent Mind Reading Duck." Cody ∧ BJ's high energy audience participating musical show features their friends Roxie and Cheyenne. New this year is Ocean Encounters, an exhibit that features a selection of live marine animals (horseshoe crabs, sea stars, urchins, snails, crabs, etc.) as well as dried specimens (whale baleen, shark jaws, etc.).

On the stage in front of Jarman Auditorium

On the Jarman lawn (under the trees)
11:30 & 1:30 Magician Walter Glod

Also on the Jarman lawn find exhibits by:

Ocean Encounters, sponsored by Wal-Mart
Local Interagency Network for Children (LINC)
Crossroads Day Support Services
United Way of Prince Edward County
Healthy Heart of Virginia
Back & Neck Center
Virginia Poison Center
F.A.C.E.S. Food Pantry
Prince Edward County Department of Social Services
Southside Virginia Family YMCA
Virginia Department of Forestry

Farmville Area Habitat for Humanity
New Life Assembly of God
CPAC Head Start
Friends of the Appomattox River
Southside Community Hospital with:
- Community Chiropractic
- Farmville United Methodist Church
- American Cancer Society
Community Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Saylor's Creek Reenactment & Preservation Committee, Inc.
And many more

Cody & BJ, a husband and wife musical team, combine their love for children, the environment, and animals into lively, audience-interactive performances. All music and activities are original creations, with Cody writing, and producting the songs.They have five children of their own as well as many animals, including their two beautiful macaw parrots that accompany them.

Magician Walter Glod, nationally known through appearances on TV and in National Geographic Magazine, will bringhis hilarious family entertainment to this year's Festival. He amazes audiences with live animal productions, silly gags, and even a suspension in mid-air of a child from the audience. Unique efects, one-of-a-kind apparatus, and audience involvement isthe hallmark of this magician/ventriloquist.

The Children's Art Workshop

10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Lancaster Lawn

[Picture of a young girl with a party hat]

Create your own homemade party hats

More than silly adornments, party hats have the ability to heighten any festive occasion. Whether birthday parties, New Year's Eve, or Mardi Gras, party hats have become a symbolic tool to motivate jubilant social interaction. Children can add to the convivial atmosphere of the Heart of Virginia celebration by fashioning their own homemade party hats. Pre-cut templates will be provided for participants to design their own head topper from two simple forms: cones and bateaux. Children can then customize their creations using crepe-paper decorations, feathers, glitter, and ribbon. Come join us in celebrating and creatively expressing the glittering experience of the Heart of Virginia Festival.

The Children's Art Tent is located along High Street on the Lancaster Building Lawn. This activity is free.